XP Transfer My Files & Settings Wizard Q.

[RJK]

I've just plugged a USB hd into a XP Home ed. system box, ( detected as
drive E:\ ), and after choosing, in as many of the wizards' "Next / radio
button" screens, I've selected that this is the "old" computer that I want
to transfer files and settings from," and pointed the wizard to output to a
folder called E:\briansfsw\ ,...and the wizard starts off, and then spends
and inordinate amount of time examining a massive directory structure that I
have on that external USB hd !!! ...should it be doing that ?

i.e. I don't want gigabytes of stuff from my ext. hd, added to the
"Transfer My Files & Settings Wizard," archive, from the source machine, if
you see what I mean !

TIA, regards, Richard

 

[Allan]

I've just plugged a USB hd into a XP Home ed. system box, ( detected as
drive E:\ ), and after choosing, in as many of the wizards' "Next / radio
button" screens, I've selected that this is the "old" computer that I want
to transfer files and settings from," and pointed the wizard to output to
a folder called E:\briansfsw\ ,...and the wizard starts off, and then
spends and inordinate amount of time examining a massive directory
structure that I have on that external USB hd !!! ...should it be doing
that ?

i.e. I don't want gigabytes of stuff from my ext. hd, added to the
"Transfer My Files & Settings Wizard," archive, from the source machine,
if you see what I mean !

You want to use the "Let me select a custom list of files and settings"
option, then under "File Types" delete all the file types or at least the
most common ones which are found on your system.

 

[RJK]

You want to use the "Let me select a custom list of files and settings"
option, then under "File Types" delete all the file types or at least the
most common ones which are found on your system.

Thanks for your response - I had spotted that option whilst digging around.

In the end I solved it by, disconnecting external USB hd, ran the "Transfer
my files and settings Wizard" output to a directory on the source machine,
and then switched on ext. USB hd, and copied it from source boot-drive to
USB hd myself !

regards, Richard